"Thanks for letting us stay over," Erza told Layla.
"No problem! I'm just excited to have you spend the night again! And you have to admit that it was pretty lucky seeing each other at the skating rink," Layla said with a smile, unlocking her door. After running into Levy and Erza, Layla went home early and brought them for a sleepover.
The three walked into the living room. They gawked at the sight. Gray and Lucy were sleeping on the couch together. Lucy's face and arms were buried in Gray's chest, and his arm was around her waist. His one leg was wrapped over hers.
"Should we wake them?" Layla asked the other two. They nodded. But first, all three took their cell phones out and took a bunch of pictures.
"Lucy," Layla said softly, shaking her daughter's shoulder. Her eyes opened slowly. When she saw Gray, she gasped and fell off the couch. He instantly sat up. The three women burst out laughing.
"What's going on?" Lucy asked.
"We came over for a sleepover, but we didn't realize you already had someone over," Erza said. Right after she spoke, she burst out laughing again. Lucy blushed and looked back at Gray.
"So are you feeling better?" Layla asked. Everyone stopped laughing. Lucy nodded. "That's good."
"So, uh, did Ur and Lyon come home?" Gray asked awkwardly.
"I left before them. I don't see any lights on next door, so they are probably still there," Layla said, looking out the window.
"Wait, do you live next door?" Levy asked, following Layla's gaze. Gray nodded.
"I ordered pizza for us on the train, so it should be here soon. It's only eight, so you can stay," Layla told Gray. She left the room to wait by the door.
"So how did you end up sleeping on the couch?" Erza asked.
"He forced me!" Lucy blurted out
"Actually, she had a fever and refused to sleep, so I grabbed her and laid down. Just saying, she was facing the other way when she fell asleep," Gray corrected her.
"That's so cute!" Levy and Erza cooed.
"Shut up!" Lucy yelled.
"Pizza's here!" Layla yelled from the kitchen. Lucy was the first one out of the room.
X
After Levy and Erza left the next day, Lucy took a long shower. Just about the whole time her friends were there they badgered her about Gray.
Lucy shut the water off and wrapped a towel around herself. She walked to her room and brushed her hair. Just as she was about to take her towel off, her cell phone rang.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Before things get awkward, I just wanted to tell you that I can see in your window right now."
"Gray!" Lucy yelled as she spun around. Sure enough, Gray was standing in his window, waving at her. She pulled the curtains shut. "Please tell me my curtains work."
"They do." Lucy hung up before either could say another word. She quickly changed and opened her curtains. Gray was sitting down at his desk, which caused him to be right in front of the window. She opened her's and knocked on her windowsill, which got his attention. He opened his up.
"Hi?" Gray asked. He wasn't really sure why she was trying to talk to him through the window.
"Thanks for telling me you could see me," she mumbled. Their houses were close enough together to touch the other's house, so he still heard her.
"Can you step back a few feet?" Gray randomly asked. Lucy nodded and stepped back. He pushed his desk aside, then grabbed the top of his window and swung his feet through her window. After the two second jump, he was standing in her room.
"Gray!" Lucy yelled as she hugged him. "Please don't do that again!"
"Aw, do you care about me?" Gray teased.
"We are on the second floor! You could have fallen and got hurt!"
"I have a question." Lucy pulled away from him and waited. "Hypothetically, if I were to ask you out, what would you say?"
"Hypothetically, I would tell you to fuck off," Lucy said with a smirk.
"Who are you talking to?" Layla asked as she opened the door. "Uh, hi Gray. When did you get here?"
"About a minute ago."
"He jumped through the window," Lucy answered the next question.
"Well okay. I don't care if he is in here as long as you don't have sex." Lucy blushed as Layla started to close the door. She opened it back up. "Okay, as long as you aren't too loud, lock the door, and use protection I don't care."
"Mom!" Lucy screamed. Layla shut the door, barely avoiding the pillow that was thrown at her.
"So we have permission," Gray said lowly. He grabbed Lucy's waist and pulled her closer.
"Go home!" Lucy yelled as she pulled away from him. Gray burst out laughing. "Not funny!"
"That was hilarious! She gave me permission to fuck her daughter as long as I lock the door!"
"That had to be the most awkward situation I have ever been in," Lucy said with a sigh. She looked up at Gray. "Will you leave already?!"
"I will once I get a kiss." Gray stuck his tongue out and moved it in circles.
"That's disgusting! I will not kiss you!" Lucy yelled.
"What if I kiss you?"
"No!" Gray grabbed her hands and pulled her a little closer. "Don't you dare." He smirked and pulled her a little closed. "I swear to God I will kill you." Another inch. "I'm not kidding." Gray pulled her the last inch.
"And neither am I," Gray whispered in her ear. Lucy blushed and tried to pull away. He put her arms over his head and grabbed her waist.
"I will scream."
"What good will that do? We are in your own house."
"I'll kick you." Gray smirked. He grabbed her waist and lifted her in the air a few inches
"Any other threats?"
"I'll bite you."
"I would love that."
"You're such a pervert. Now put me down and go home."
"Why should I?" Gray mocked her. He ran his tongue up her cheek. Her eyes widened and she blushed. He laughed and set her down. In seconds, he was in his own house again.
X
"They look so cute!" Mira cooed in Biology that Monday. Lucy just entered the classroom and ran over to her. Erza was holding out her cell phone. On it, there was the picture of Gray and Lucy sleeping on the couch.
"Delete that," Lucy ordered. Erza shook her head and shoved her phone in her pocket before Lucy could take it.
"You look so adorable though!" Levy whined.
"I don't care!" Lucy yelled.
"We have to finish dissecting the frog before class starts, or we'll be behind," Gray said. He grabbed the back of her shirt and dragged her away. On Friday, since they spent ten minutes arguing about who would dissect it, Gray probably never finished the frog.
"I already finished the questions, though," Lucy whined.
"And I finished the frog." Gray sat himself and Lucy down.
"Then why did you drag me over here?" He shrugged. "Then you have to tell me how you got that scar on your stomach."
"It was from a knife."
"And?"
"That's all I'm going to tell you."
"But you owe me!" Lucy whined.
"What makes you think that?"
"You licked my face."
"I could have kissed you instead if you wanted me to that bad."
"I didn't want either!"
"Aw!" Erza, Levy, and Mira cooed. They heard her and Gray's whole conversation.
"Just shoot me," Lucy said as she slammed her head on the table.